50% off your first animation*

Get started straight away with
£100 of free credits

Provide free hot water for UK families
by rendering on our distributed render farm.

*Animations over 50 frames. ‍

Affordable, managed, 
genuinely sustainable 3D rendering

Cost effective

Lower job cost than other render farms, and we manage all render licensing and infrastructure.

Managed by people

An experienced team oversees your rendering, including upload, pre-checks, monitoring and delivery.

Truly green

Unlike a typical render farm, our distributed nodes don't require cooling and we offset hot water heating, so we use up to 80% less energy.

Social impact

We re-use the heat from our rendering to provide free hot water to families, saving them money.

'Persephone' – Created by Eleven, Rendered by heata

"The team at heata is very supportive and the process is straightforward. I'd encourage any studio concerned with sustainability to give heata a try."

Nick Homer

Managing Director

F10 Studios

"heata helped us render a 40-second passion piece, which we premiered at D2 Conference. They delivered on time, and were able to deal with the complexities of our files!"

Aneta Gesiorska

Co Founder

Eleven Visualisation

"Our client Landsec was hugely responsive to the positive impact. We look forward to working together on future projects."

Edward Mascarenhas

CGI Director

Model Works

Read our case studies

Model Works + heata: flythrough animation

Case Studies

Oct 11, 2023

F10 Studios + heata: City Angel animation

Case Studies

Nov 22, 2023

Supported Software

If your set-up isn't covered, just let us know what you are using and we'll work with you to get things set-up.

Software

3ds Max

Blender

V-Ray
standalone

Corona
standalone

Renderers

V-Ray

Corona

Arnold

Cycles

Plugins

Forest Pack

Railclone

Anima

Ornatrix

Laubwerk

All plugins

Grow FX

Floor
generator

Phoenix

More transparent pricing

Pricing for rendering can be confusing and your estimate is rarely what you’ll actually be billed once the job is complete.

We are competitively priced with other render farms but make the pricing part of the process far more transparent.

We’ll work with you to get a feel for the job as a whole and render representative test frames to get a clearer idea of a true average render time. Then keep you informed if the estimate needs to be reviewed as the job progresses. Here's an overview of our pricing.

Credit commitment

You pay

100

No
discount

£100

1,000

-10%

£1,000

£900

2,500

-20%

£2,500

£2,000

5,000

-30%

£5,000

£3,500

10,000

-40%

£10,000

£6,000

20,000

-50%

£20,000

£10,000

We charge 1p / GHzh on our hardware.
1 rendering credit = £1.

Animation offer:

50% off renders of animations

£100 of free credits:
start rendering straight away

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Estimate the cost of your project

Cost estimator

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Animation offer

First animation only.
For animations over 50 frames.

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Render time with heata

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‍We can deliver more quickly, let us know if you have a specific deadline.

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water at £0.34 per kWh

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*Please note

This is just an estimate based on the information you have provided and not a guarantee of cost or timing. 

Getting more accurate estimates

Some shots may be more or less time intensive than others; we had a job recently where the first shot was bright with lots of light, but the second shot was very low light. The render times for the first shot were over an hour, whilst the frames for the scond shot were under 5 minutes. So do check your animation and render sample frames of key shots that you know are quite different in terms of light or set-up and get your average frame time from the average of those renders.

We can also do a range of test renders to get to a more accurate cost before we initiate the job – just ask.

Deadlines

We know your deadlines are critical, so let us know what you are working towards and we can ensure that you get your files back in time.

Back up

Talk to a human

Sending a render off into the automated unknown, hoping it’s going to come back ok, can be a stressful experience.

We set-up a dedicated slack channel per client, so you can always call or message us with questions, and check in to see how the job is going.

You can trust us to work through any set-up issues to get your renders looking as they should. Then we supervise the rendering until the job is completed and delivered on time.

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How does it work?

The heata unit is a powerful compute server that attaches to domestic hot water cylinders. The heat generated by the processing is transferred into the cylinder using a patented thermal transfer mechanism.

Find out more

How the heata unit works. New way to 3D render

Hardware

SpecificationsDual Intel XEON
(E5 2680 v4)
56 vCPUs
2.9GHz
Up to 128Gb RAM

Cinebench 15: 3,700
Cinebench 20: 8,457
Cinebench 23: 21,623
V-Ray 5.0: 17,536
Corona 1.3 Rays/s: 8,533,740

Our hardware is similar to other render platforms with a key difference, we harness the waste heat it generates to provide free hot water for people who need it.

Try out the heata network

If sustainability is important to your business, the heata network could help you reduce the climate impact of your renders, as well as provide free hot water to households that are struggling to pay their fuel bills.

If you've got an upcoming job to render, we'd love to hear from you.

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FAQ

Anything not covered below, email us at render@heata.co

What applications and plugins are supported?

See the 'Supported Software' section further up the page. We'll be adding to this as we build support for more packages and plugins.

If your set-up isn't supported do get in touch and we'll see if we can help.

How do I start?

Create an account on our portal to get free credits and set up your fileshare. Then send over a test file to do a test render and we can take it from there. You can also chat to us (see below) we'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Who manages the job?

We'll oversee the job but will work with you to troubleshoot any issues and ensure the job is completed successfully.

How long will the rendering take and how do I get an estimate?

We can determine roughly how long it will take and how much it will cost based on render times on your hardware, or from doing test renders on the heata network. Try out our estimator further up the page to get an idea of cost and time. The estimator is also on our portal, so you can do that there too.

When do I have to pay?

You get some free credits to start with, so you can try our rendering with heata. For full projects we can get started once we have received a purchase order based on our quotation or your desired credit commitment. You will receive an invoice for payment once the work is complete.

What is your storage policy? How long will you keep my files?

We will keep your job files and render output for 30 days, after which they will be deleted from our servers.

Do you support CPU and GPU rendering?

Currently we only offer CPU rendering services.

How do I download frames?

Typically results are downloaded from our secure fileshare server, but we can work with clients to provide for most common methods.

Can I test the service?

Yes, get in touch and we can set-up a test render and take it from there.

Is there a student discount?

Yes, we offer a reduction for registered students. Proof will be required via email; eg photo student card / acceptance letter. Get in touch to find out more.

Is there a priority service?

We don't have a priority service in place yet but let us know your timings and we'll do everything we can meet your deadline.

Still have questions?Get in touch